Angel Goodrich, Kansas’ senior point guard, runs the court like a well-disciplined leader, and is one of the primary reasons the Jayhawks are ranked No. 23 in the nation.

However, the Texas Tech women’s basketball team will counter with a floor general of their own in senior Monique Smalls.

Tech guard Casey Morris said each match up between the two have been great battles, and she expects more of the same when the Lady Raiders (13-4, 3-2 in Big 12 Conference play) host the Jayhawks (11-4, 2-2) at 7 p.m. Saturday in United Spirit Arena.

Tech coach Kristy Curry agrees.

“Two of the best point guards in the league, in the country,” Curry said. “So it’s going to be a lot of fun to watch.”

Morris and Curry each said Goodrich does a good job in transition of pushing the ball up the court to her weapons.

Curry said the bench play from her posts — specifically Shauntal Nobles, Jackie Patterson and Haley Schneider — will be critical to Tech’s success Saturday.

Slowing down Goodrich herself also will be paramount, as she is the team’s second-leading scorer at 13.9 points per game.

Smalls is no slouch with the ball, either.

She is coming off one of her best games of the season, where she had a season-high six assists to go with nine points in a 66-59 win at Texas on Wednesday.

The senior also had only one turnover in the win, helping make sure Tech didn’t waste possessions and also helping push the ball up the court on fast-break opportunities.

“(Smalls is) just doing a great job in transition of getting easy looks for our team and doing some things,” Curry said. “I think the thing about it is she’d probably have more assists if we would knock some shots down for her.

“So she’s definitely doing a great job of putting our team in the right spots to be successful, and that’s probably a stat that goes unnoticed a lot of the time.”